Georgian Winemakers come to lunch at Brigitte's Farm

November 20th

An outdoor Georgian Feast with Wines made in Quevri (traditional terracotta vessels) by the best of modern Georgia's winemakers...
Celebrating 8000 years of winemaking history, a small group of Georgian winemakers are making a tour to Australia culminating in their appearance at the Rootstock Festival in Sydney.
John Wurdeman, Ramaz Nikoladze, Niki Andatze, Iago Batarishvili, John Okruashvili & Mariam Isobidze will join us for a lunch created with Renee Trudeau who has spent the last 12 months living and cooking in Georgia (she was previously at Clever Polly's in Melbourne).

NOW

Georgian Winemakers come to lunch at Brigitte's Farm: November 20th

Location: Main Ridge
An outdoor Georgian Feast with Wines made in Quevri (traditional terracotta vessels) by the best of modern Georgia's winemakers...
Celebrating 8000 years of winemaking history, a small group of Georgian winemakers are making a tour to Australia culminating in their appearance at the Rootstock Festival in Sydney.
John Wurdeman, Ramaz Nikoladze, Niki Andatze, Iago Batarishvili, John Okruashvili & Mariam Isobidze will join us for a lunch created with Renee Trudeau who has spent the last 12 months living and cooking in Georgia (she was previously at Clever Polly's in Melbourne).

Your dinner upstairs:

Location:
A bespoke dinner by Brigitte with wines from our cellar.

SHOP

The Gertrude Street Enoteca is a wine shop and wine bar created by chef/food writer/farmer Brigitte Hafner with wine importer/architect/photographer James Broadway.

The Enoteca is our spin on the the classic "enoteche" you find all over Italy where the local wine shop is also a place to meet a friend, have a glass of wine, a plate of prosciutto or cheese and take home a bottle afterwards..

We have a wine collection that mostly celebrates artisan wine makers; wines made with minimal intervention and maximum love. Our wines come from all over the world, although we enjoy starring our local winemakers. We have a great whiskey collection, and a penchant for a refreshing G&T.

Our Enoteca is open from mid-morning and features a gorgeous daily selection of antipasto for lunch, a single ever-changing hot dish for dinner and a host of staples including our legendary vitello tonnato, cheese selection and daily array of cakes and tarts made by Brigitte and her team.

WINE LIST

The Gertrude Street Enoteca is a wine shop where the walls are lined with wines you can drink in (with a small corkage charge) or take away.

We also have up to 20 wines by the glass that change on an almost daily basis, and feature wines we are particularly excited about, rare wines, natural wines, wines low in alcohol you can enjoy with lunch and wines to make sure everyone can find something to enjoy regardless of their tastes.

The only rule we have is that the wines have to be very good.

We do always have a subtext of wines made by artisans rather than companies, wines grown using bio-dynamic methods or with equivalent attention to vine health, sustainability, quality and subsequent deliciousness.

We find wine to be fascinating and creative. We love the people, the stories, the places and the flavours we discover through "the lens of wine", so you will always find a wine with a story, a wine to challenge you, a wine to drink with a friend or wine to blow you away.

Come in and talk to us about wine!

MENU

The food at the Gertrude Street Enoteca is prepared daily by Brigitte and her chefs.

TABLE

Our Kitchen Table is a unique Melbourne space. Hidden away upstairs, the kitchen is in the dining room, and the experience is that of a private dinner party cooked by Brigitte and her team.

We run incredible wine dinners with visiting winemakers and importers. We create bespoke dinners for your special events. We hold wine tastings, whisky classes, cooking events and most recently we have begun a series of artists dinners.

If you would like to be updated on our wine dinners, please subscribe to our mailing list and follow us on facebook. If you would like to have your own special dinner upstairs please call us to plan a great event.

WHERE

Gertrude Street Enoteca.229 Gertrude Street Melbourne VIC, 3065

Ph: (03) 9415 8262 Eml: vinaio@mac.com

Hours:Monday - Sunday: 11am - 11pm

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